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Re: st: logit transformation of RHS variable
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Richard Williams <[email protected]>
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Re: st: logit transformation of RHS variable
Date
Wed, 04 Jan 2012 22:35:40 -0500
At 08:25 PM 1/4/2012, Brendan Halpin wrote:
On Wed, Jan 04 2012, Raymond Lim wrote:
> Hello Statalisters,
> I have an independent variable that I believe that needs to be
> transformed because it's bounded between 0 and 1, and it's easier to
> go from 0 to .10 than say .80 to .90. My question is, can I use a
> logit transformation on this RHS variable (new_x = x / (1 - x)? Or are
> logits usually for LHS variables only?
I'd read the logit transformation as suggesting it is harder rather than
easier to go from 0 to 0.1 than from 0.8 to 0.9. In log-odds 0 is
-infinity and 0.1 is log(0.1111) or about -2.2, whereas 0.8 to 0.9 is
1.4 to 2.2. The logit makes it hard to move at both extremes, but easy
around 0.5.
It may be that the "fractional logit model" may be what you need:
glm y x1 x2 ... , family(binomial) link(logit) robust
Googling "fractional logit" gets
www.maartenbuis.nl/presentations/UKsug06.pdf as the first hit. Maarten
may have more to say himself, but I would imagine he is currently
asleep!
I don't think fractional logit applies here since he is talking about
transforming an independent rather than dependent variable.
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